practice exams

Question 1

intravascular clot that stays in location NOT mobile

Answer 1

thrombus

Question 2

plasma without clotting factors

Answer 2

serum

Question 3

blood clotting

Answer 3

haemopoiesis

Question 4

rapid resting heart rate > 100 min

Answer 4

tachycardia

Question 5

low numbers of all blood cells

Answer 5

pancytopenia

Question 6

blood cell which promotes inflammation, contains heparin & histamine, found in BLOOD

Answer 6

basophils

Question 7

blood cell which is small, non-nucleated cell fragments involved in blood clotting

Answer 7

platelets

Question 8

most numerous white blood cell,
1st to migrate to infection site,
forms part of pus

Answer 8

neutrophil

Question 9

blood cell learns to respond to antigens, produces antibodies

Answer 9

B-lymphocyte

Question 10

this blood cell contains haemoglobin, caries oxygen

Answer 10

erythrocyte

Question 11

group B blood can only be donated to people to people with group B blood T/F

Answer 11

F

Question 12

mother with blood group AB+ will have problems when she has babies from a blood group O- father T/F

Answer 12

F - the baby will

Question 13

group A+ blood can be donated to someone with blood group AB+ T/F

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Blood group O- is the universal donor T/F

Answer 14

T

Question 15

the blood group antigens are presented on the erythrocyte surface T/F

Answer 15

T

Question 16

T/F - following symptoms found in pernicious anaemia:
Rash
Enlarged red tongue
palpitations
tingling, burning sensations
spoon shaped nails

Answer 16

rash - F
Enlarged tongue - T
palpitations - T
tingling burning - T
spoon nails - F

Question 17

clotting may be reduced/inhibited in

congenital haemophiliacs

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

clotting may be reduced/inhibited in

leukaemia

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

clotting may be reduced/inhibited in

aplastic anaemia

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

clotting may be reduced/inhibited in

polycythaemia

Answer 20

no

Question 21

clotting may be reduced/inhibited in

individuals on warfarin

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

some veins have valves T/F

Answer 22

T

Question 23

Veins always carry deoxygenated blood T/F

Answer 23

F

Question 24

arteries have thinner walls than veins t/f

Answer 24

F

Question 25

skeletal muscle contraction aids venous return T/F

Answer 25

T

Question 26

the large arteries are mainly responsible for controlling BP T/F

Answer 26

F

Question 27

left side of heart pumps blood to body T/F

Answer 27

T

Question 28

valve between left atrium and left ventricle is called mitral T/F

Answer 28

T

Question 29

right ventricle has thicker wall than left ventricle t/f

Answer 29

f

Question 30

inner lining of heart called pericardium t/f

Answer 30

f

Question 31

left side of heart pumps oxygenated blood

Answer 31

t

Question 32

heart is autorythmic t/f

Answer 32

t

Question 33

sympathetic nervous stimulation decreases heart rate t/f

Answer 33

f

Question 34

atrioventricular node responsible for initiating hearts beat, pacemaker t/f

Answer 34

f

Question 35

impulses travel from av node to sinoatrial node t/f

Answer 35

f

Question 36

purkinje fibres transmit impulse through atria t/f

Answer 36

f

Question 37

angina pain gets worse on rest t/f

Answer 37

f

Question 38

leg oedema is a typical symptom of LEFT sided chronic heart failure

Answer 38

F

Question 39

high BP can cause CHRONIC left sided heart failure

Answer 39

Y

Question 40

incompetent valves in veins may result in varicose veins

Answer 40

y

Question 41

chest pain radiating to the back and relieved by sitting up forward and worsened by lying down is typical of pericarditis

Answer 41

true

Question 42

which blood cells eliminate parasites, migrate due to allergic reaction, phagocytosis and chemotaxis

Answer 42

eosinophils

Question 43

t/f the systolic BP depends on elasticity of arterial walls

Answer 43

true

Question 44

the diastolic pressure depends mainly on cardiac output

Answer 44

false

Question 45

what is haemarthrosis

Answer 45

bleeding into joints

Question 46

led oedema is a typical symptom for R sided heart failure T/f

Answer 46

true

Question 47

breathing problems worse at night when lying flat are typical for rIGHT sided heart failure T/F

Answer 47

F

Question 48

enlargement of the heart in the elderly, non sporty person is a healthy compensation mechanism

Answer 48

false

Question 49

in a MI nitro-glycerine will bring gradual relief

Answer 49

no!

Question 50

can right-sided heart failure lead to oesophageal varices

Answer 50

yes

Question 51

arrhythmia means

Answer 51

ANY disorder in heart rate/rythmn

Question 52

stenosis means

Answer 52

narrowing of opening

Question 53

aneurysm means

Answer 53

local dilations of aerieries/weakness of vessel wall

Question 54

thrombus means

Answer 54

intravascular blood clot

Question 55

haemolysis means

Answer 55

destruction of red blood cells

Question 56

3 causes hypoxia

Answer 56

high altitude,
excessive haemolysis
excessive blood loss

Question 57

3 types haemolytic anaemia

Answer 57

sickle cell
thalasseamia
haemolytic disease of newborn

Question 58

causes of hypplastic/aplastic anaemia

Answer 58

bone marrow dysfunction
cancer
chemo
radiation
renal

Question 59

symptoms hypoplastic/aplastic anaemia

Answer 59

pancytopenia
infection
bleeding
…..c heart failure

Question 60

symptoms of haemolytic anaemias

Answer 60

jaundice
gallstones
large spleen
slow growth
infections
vascular occlusions

Question 61

DVT cause and complications

Answer 61

Cause - micro-embolism

Complications - pulmonary embolism

Question 62

most common cause of ascites

Answer 62

cirrhosis 81%

Question 63

other causes cirrhosis

Answer 63

heart failure
cancer
constrictive pericarditis

Question 64

difference between ischaemia and hypoxia

Answer 64

ischaemia causes hypoxia

blood cut off from tissues - oxygen cut off from tissues